From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: compile-goto-error
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:57:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87u0rp96ze.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16793.51302.8017.652311@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:29:09 +1300")
Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:
> When I'm looking at compile errors, I tend to visit the one I find most
> interesting first. The compilation window then places this error at the top of
> the window. If I now want to visit an earlier one, I have to page back down. I
> am guessing this behaviour was provided so that it was clear which error was
> the current one. Now that the overlay arrow points to the current error, at
> least on a graphics terminal, would it be possible not to move the window
(setq compilation-context-lines nil)
> (or possibly move the error to the centre of the compilation window)
(setq compilation-context-lines (/ (window-height) 2))
> so that the user can still see the other errors around the
> current one?
I don't like the current default value too. But I'm not sure which
one would satisfy most users. Any integer value other than 0 was
found to be too distracting. Changing the default to `nil' would
require an additional check to make sure that fringe arrow is visible.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-16 14:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-16 9:29 compile-goto-error Nick Roberts
2004-11-16 14:57 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2004-11-16 16:55 ` compile-goto-error Stefan Monnier
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